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    Before the mid 1800 South Africa was mostly land for farming. The population was low and eventually‚ due to colonization‚ the population increased as South Africa is a midpoint between Eurasia and America and people needed to rest so a town on the coast was created to serve all the travelers who would be travelling from Europe to America and vice versa. More people migrated further upwards for farming. People migrated to places that were close to water sources as crops and their living stock would

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    America. They were welcomed to United States as a source of cheap labor work for building the railroads of west America‚ cause no one else in America was willing the hard work for a cheap money but many Chinese were willing to do the work in 1800s. Before the 1800 came around United State could hardly handle the controlled the immigration that were coming to America. However‚ the United State ended up passing the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1882 to help the new era of immigration control. A lot of the

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    He has been taught that the Catholics are evil‚ and that America will suffer at the hand of them. He was against immigration‚ even though he went to England to study. The Irish came because they were sought after and the living conditions in Ireland were unbearable. American businessmen‚ merchants and boat owners are to blame for the massive numbers that came in. They advertised for workers‚ and that America was the land of opportunities. Morse should have gone after the evils of

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    Reading Objectives In an attempt to improve their working conditions‚ industrial workers came together to form unions in the late 1800s. Sequencing As you read about the increase of American labor unions in the late 1800s‚ complete a time line similar to the one below by filling in the incidents of labor unrest discussed and the results of each incident. • Describe industrial working conditions in the United States in the late 1800s. • List the barriers to labor union growth. Key

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    journey was harsh‚ painful‚ and the Native Americans were not given the resources to help them live through the conditions. When the Cherokee made the long resisted journey in 1838-1839‚ they had 1‚200 miles to march and were dealing with whooping cough‚ typhus‚ dysentery‚ cholera‚ and starvation. Historians estimate more than 5‚000 Cherokee died as a result of the unbearable conditions brutal treatment. By 1840‚ tens of thousands of Native Americans had been forced into “Indian Territory” against

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    Working condition Many of us have heard of industrial revolution where everything started our neighbourhood and economy and how a revolution of our technology started during the 1800s. it was any time when people acquire. it was an occasion which predominantly‚ societies inside U. S and also Britain became professional and urban. Before in Industrial Wave‚ which began in Britain inside late 1700s‚ creation was often accomplished in people’s residences‚ using basic house tools and or maybe simple

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    plantation worker living in the 1800’s out in Hawaii‚ hunched over all day long with fresh blood dripping down his muddy hands. Slapping at stinging wasps‚ and soothing scars all day‚ he struggles to live. This is just another day in the life of a Hawaiian immigrant worker‚ struggling through life. To keep it short- these plantation workers don’t have it easy. “What is a Hawaiian immigrant plantation worker?” many may ask. These Hawaiian immigrant plantation workers‚ in the 1800’s‚ were foreigners that immigrated

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    -we needed a way of transportantion after the war in 1812 when it was designed to provide a secure supply route from Montreal to Kingston‚ avoiding the vulnerable St. Lawrence River route -In 1826 they start on contruire and November 1831 were icts finish contrire. -a system that has worked well since its opening in 1832‚ and looks like it will work well for centuries to come. -Although the Rideau was never used for its intended purpose‚ a military supply route in times of war‚ he acted

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    Question #2 pg. 25 The working conditions for women in the late 19th century were exhausting‚ unjust and unacceptable. The working conditions varied depending on the position that each woman held. The managers of these factories expected near perfection from the women in the workplace and they were heavily fined or severely punished for anything they did that the managers did not see fit such as eating‚ talking‚ or singing. The women that worked in the factories during this time period worked

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    Between the late 1800’s and the early 1900’s Africa was overrun by European countries trying to gain as much land as possible in Africa. But this really began much earlier. From the 1500’s all the way to the early 1800’s the main reason different countries went to Africa was to trade for slaves. But it wasn’t easy since there was a disease call Malaria that killed the Europeans that were unfortunate to contact it. Then‚ in 1807‚ slavery was banned. The reason for going to Africa really disappeared

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